The Wyandotte Thread

Hatch day is Thursday for us. See how fertility is since we started lights in the coops. Eggs production has certainly improved.
Anyone else hatching?  My eggs go into lock down tomorrow and I just started collecting pullet eggs to be next.


Fingers crossed for a good hatch to all

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A lurker from California doing a lot of reading to learn about chickens. Wyandotte's in particular

Fascinating!
 
Hi, all. I've been thinking about getting Wyandottes for some time now, but each time I come back to one thing: the comb.
I know there are single comb Wyandottes, but are these an accepted variety? And if one wanted to get some, where would they look?
 
It is awesome to have them raised with an older "leader" because it really keeps the cockerels in check, imo. When I went to the show last week I met a sweet lady who breeds/shows buff geese. She said she has her males raise the babies, her theory is it makes them better fathers if the boys are raised by the males.

Do other breeds of poultry (roos) do well raising chicks to?

I have had experience with two other breeds and neither were good with chicks. Only my Wyandottes were for me...

This is fascinating to me; my roo (actually cockerel - 10 months) is a BCM and he is HORRIBLE HORRIBLE with baby chicks.
 
Have a question about lacing in a Silver Laced Wyandotte . . . I have 9 three month old pullets, hatchery unfortunately. I will only keep 2 or 3 of them. I understand that complete realization of finished markings is a long way off, but I wonder if there's any way to help predict what the outcome may be, ie lighter head/neck vs darker, etc. Thanks.
 
Hi, all. I've been thinking about getting Wyandottes for some time now, but each time I come back to one thing: the comb.
I know there are single comb Wyandottes, but are these an accepted variety? And if one wanted to get some, where would they look?
There is no such thing as a single combed Wyandotte. The appropriate comb for a Wyandotte is a Rose Comb, otherwise it just looks like a Rock.

John
 
Quote: IMO, the orpingtons do have a vaguely similar body type and single combs... if you MUST have a single comb.

i'm still on the fence about wyandottes... i've got a LF trio and bantam pair of blrw, but waiting close to a year to get eggs is getting old. fast.
 
Hi, all. I've been thinking about getting Wyandottes for some time now, but each time I come back to one thing: the comb.
I know there are single comb Wyandottes, but are these an accepted variety? And if one wanted to get some, where would they look?

There is no such thing as a single combed Wyandotte.  The appropriate comb for a Wyandotte is a Rose Comb, otherwise it just looks like a Rock.

John


The single comb on a Wyandotte is a fault. In the breeding for Wyandotte, there is some single comb history. Some breeders have had a rare single comb pop up but the bird is culled. Rosecomb is dominant over single comb so for a single comb to be present, both parents would have had a recessive gene for single comb. This is why breeding parents to offspring or siblings must be closely monitored .
 
Hi, all. I've been thinking about getting Wyandottes for some time now, but each time I come back to one thing: the comb.
I know there are single comb Wyandottes, but are these an accepted variety? And if one wanted to get some, where would they look?

There is no such thing as a single combed Wyandotte.  The appropriate comb for a Wyandotte is a Rose Comb, otherwise it just looks like a Rock.

John

IMO, the orpingtons do have a vaguely similar body type and single combs...  if you MUST have a single comb. 

i'm still on the fence about wyandottes... i've got a LF trio and bantam pair of blrw, but waiting close to a year to get eggs is getting old. fast.
My 2 girls started laying at 8 1/2 months :)
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